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Here are more pictures of the start of the Glen Challenge for Manufacturers at Watkins Glen. The first picture was taken from the flag stand and the others were taken by a different person in a different place just after the start finish line. You can see the Dunlop flag stand where the previous pictures were taken from. I'm not sure which position Dave Friedman was in but I do know he couldn't be in two places at the same time!

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These photos show the #5 Camaro of Bob Brown who finished fourth in the Glen Challenge for Manufacturers but was disqualified when it was found that he ran the entire race without a passenger seat. According to one of the documents posted by Jon Mello his day went from bad to worse when "he was later handed a 30-day suspension of his competition license when post-race scrutineers found his car fitted with a 327CID engine instead of the legal 305CID Chevrolet engine."

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These last four photos from the Glen Challenge for Manufacturers show the #88 Camaro of Maurice Carter who did not finish the race. He completed only 19 laps and went out due to his fly wheel exploding.

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scott, great shots from the glen, that carter camaro sure rides high !! I think one of the other shots that friedman took shows carter leaning down and looking under the car with all the debris, and there is someone on the right with a clipboard. it was in sports car graphic in the day in the section at the back titled "slightly modified" with a caption like " you can start with a crank and a couple of pistons" I always got a chuckle from that part of the magazine.

Mo Carter's Camaro ran the Shell 4000 Trans-Canada rally in early May '67 and didn't look too bad by the end of that even though it was on some of the roughest "roads" in Canada. In contrast, by the end of June '67 at the Watkins Glen race a standard grille has been installed and the RS stuff has been removed, some oversized tires have been installed in the rear, the front end's been smashed and the engine and trans have been detonated. Not a very kind couple of months for that poor red car.

Mo Carter's Camaro ran the Shell 4000 Trans-Canada rally in early May '67 and didn't look to bad by the end of that even though it was on some of the roughest "roads" in Canada. In contrast, by the end of June '67 at the Watkins Glen race a standard grille has been installed and the RS stuff has been removed, some oversized tires have been installed in the rear, the front end's been smashed and the engine and trans have been detonated. Not a very kind couple of months for that poor red car.

After we did 3 T/A races in 72, the owner Al Richards sold the car to a Vito Micielli, who raced at Pinecrest Speedway just outside of Toronto. Al knew many of these stock car guys and worked with some of them in his day job. Usually he borrowed one of their single axle stock car trailers for our T/A expeditions, and I wouild borrow pick up tricks from my friends to tow the trailers.

Several years ago I contacted Vito's son who told me the camaro got "bent" and was parted out. "No idea what happed to the remains but likely went to a scrap yard".

jon, thanks for posting that page from sports car graphic, with mo carter at the glen in 1967. I think some else mentioned it here, but your reference library must be incredible !! a mention of a vague memory one might have, and BANG ! there it is.